Adoption - ABC Directory

Promoting the right of adoptees to learn about their birthfamilies. Search, legal, and activist resources.
http://www.plumsite.com/shea/

Adoption Fraud

Court unseals adoption records in Florida due to fraudulent black market baby broker activity. Includes Associated Press coverage.
http://www.adoption-fraud.com

Adoption in the Computer Age

Discussion about how the Computer Age (or the Third Age) is revolutionizing adoption and searches. Includes information about SSDI, open records bills, the Uniform Adoption Act, search methods, recent developments, and Internet resources.
http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~progman/adoption/

The Search Institute Report

A review of the Search Institute's study of adopted adolescents.
http://www.netaxs.com/~sparky/adoption/sir.htm

Hope4Kidz

Advocating, with pre-adoptive families, for the rights of children in state foster care.
http://www.hope4kidz.org

Effects of Institutionalization

Discussion of some of the issues related to long term effects of institutionalization on children, especially children with special needs adopted from Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
http://www.cyfc.umn.edu/Adoptinfo/institutionalization.html

Open Records Debate

An examination of the issue from About.com.
http://adoption.about.com/library/weekly/aa113098.htm

Adoption Issues and Resources

About.com presents a survey of adoption topics and legal issues.
http://law.about.com/library/weekly/aa091597.htm

A Westernized Adoptee

Discussion forum to discuss the ramifications of the westernization of adoptees, both culturally and ethnically.
http://members.tripod.com/jenniferk/adoption.html

Adoptees and Birthparents for Open Records Nationwide

A group of adoptees and birthparents trying to get birth records open for all adult adoptees.
http://members.tripod.com/ABORN.Webring/Aborn/

Bastard Nation

Focused on equal access for adoptees to their original birth certificates, adoptee dignity, combating negative stereotypes of adoptees, and providing a forum for the wide spectrum of adult adoptee experiences.
http://www.bastards.org

Coalition for Open Adoption Records (Ontario)

Includes news, Bill 108 and a petition.
http://geocities.com/coarontario

Abolish Adoption

Criticizes adoption as practiced in the United States as unconstitutional. Includes petition and position articles.
http://www.AbolishAdoption.com/

Americans for Open Records

Advocates the rights of birthfamilies and provides reunion resources; says adoption is slavery.
http://www.abolishadoption.com/amfor.html

American Adoption Congress

International network of individuals and organizations committed to adoption reform. Includes a profile, news, list of board members, legislation information, and membership details.
http://www.americanadoptioncongress.org/

Adoption: Legalized Lies

Non-profit organization working for the preservation of true families and the abolition of adoption. Includes membership information and contact details.
http://www.geocities.com/antiadoption/

Birthmothers Exploited By Adoption

Presenting information about the adverse effects of adoption from mothers who feel they lost their babies through coerced or forced surrender. Includes personal stories and resources.
http://www.exiledmothers.com/

OriginsUSA

Focuses on past practices for obtaining children for adoption and the harm they caused some birthmothers. Includes aims and objectives, questionnaire, and list of state contacts.
http://www.originsusa.org/

Adoptees' Caucus for Truth

Resource for individuals who support the adoptees' right to their original birth certificates. Includes a petition and links to related content.
http://home.socal.rr.com/huntingtonbeach/ACT.html

The Adoption History Project

A digital public history resource, profiling people, organizations, topics, and studies that shaped modern American adoption theory and practice.
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~adoption/

David's Dream

Seeks to help African American children in Colorado who are waiting to be adopted. Statistics, photos of children, and calendar.
http://davidsdream.org/

Ethica

Seeks to be an impartial voice for ethical adoption practices worldwide, and provides education, assistance and advocacy to the adoption community.
http://www.ethicanet.org/

Birthmothers Unite

A place for birth mothers to unite, share thoughts and feelings, and receive healing on post-adoption grief issues.
http://www.birthmothersunite.com/

Adoptee Problems

Information about problems, like rejection, after finding natural parents and discussion of problems associated with being adopted.
http://members.aol.com/adopteeproblems/adoption/adoption.html

Association of Administrators of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children

Provides information on a uniform law enacted in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands that protects children who are placed across state lines for foster care or adoption.
http://icpc.aphsa.org/

The ALMA Society

Advocates for the right of adopted persons to know the truth of their origin. Offers an adoption reunion registry.
http://www.almasociety.org/

American Academy of Adoption Attorneys

Promotes reform of adoption laws and helps disseminate information on ethical adoption practices. Member directory, media contacts, and news.
http://www.adoptionattorneys.org/

Center For Family Connections

Offers training, education, consultation, advocacy, and clinical treatment to families touched by adoption, foster care, kinship, and guardianship.
http://www.kinnect.org/

National Council for Single Adoptive Parents

Informs and assists single people in the United States who want to adopt children.
http://www.ncsap.org/

National Resource Center for Special Needs Adoption

Provides training, consultation, and informational materials for professionals, organizations, and parents regarding special needs adoptions.
http://www.nrcadoption.org/

National Resource Center for Youth Development

Helps States and Tribes achieve the goals of the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997, implement the Foster Care Independence Act of 1999, and assist with the Child and Family Review Process.
http://www.nrcys.ou.edu/nrcyd.htm

Domenici and Lincoln Introduce ICPC Bill

Legislation (S. 2779) to improve the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC) was introduced by Senators Pete Domenici (R-NM) and Blanche Lincoln (D-AR).
http://www.cwla.org/advocacy/monitoronline-issue.asp?ISSUEID=4#DOMENICI

Origins Canada

Supporting people separated by adoption and asking for an inquiry into alleged illegal and exploitive adoption practices.
http://www.originscanada.org/

Healing Families Dismembered By Adoption

Reunion, relationships, and natural parents adopting-back the children they had lost to infant-adoption.
http://www.adoptingback.com

International Adoption Medical Clinics

Contact information for several medical clinics that specialize in helping internationally adopted children with ailments that are uncommon or not easily diagnosed or treated.
http://www.adoptvietnam.org/adoption/health-clinics.htm

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